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Today's Urban Design Observation: A Building That Helps You Improve Your Aim

By Rain Noe - November 29, 2017

in Urbanism

This building on Kenmare Street may not look special from the front.

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But look at the left edge of it. The building is incredibly narrow, tapering almost to a point.

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In Google Maps you can see it's just a thin slice of a building.

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The incredibly narrow footprint is fine for the Storefront for Art & Architecture gallery, which occupies the ground floor. But what's upstairs, could anyone possibly live in a space so narrow?

I'm not sure, but it appears that someone has been using the top floor for archery. Well, if the floorplan fits….

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